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The Moon on Thursday, April 10, 1986: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 04°

Moon age

1.2days

Moon phase on April 10, 1986Waxing Crescent

Thursday 10 April 1986401,681 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 10, 1986, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.5% of its visible face lit, 1.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.5%Illumination at noon UTC
1.2 dMoon age
401,681 km249,593 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (4°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 10, 1986 is on Thursday, April 24, 1986 at 12:46 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 9, 1986 at 06:08 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, April 9, 198606:08
First Quarter (after)Thursday, April 17, 198610:35

The Moon around April 10

More about this date

Thursday, April 10, 1986 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 9, 1986 to the new moon of May 8, 1986, a cycle of 29.67 days.